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Multiwave regimes of continuous spin detonation in syngas–air mixtures in a flow-type annular cylindrical combustor 503 mm in diameter are obtained. Experiments are performed for mixtures of carbon oxide and hydrogen with the ratio of the components equal to 1/3, 1/2, or 1/1. The varied parameters are the flow rates of air and syngas, the ratio of these flow rates, and the combustor length. Scalability of the continuous spin detonation process is demonstrated: at identical values of the specific flow rate of air and the combustor expansion ratio, the number of transverse detonation waves increases with increasing combustor diameter. In the examined ranges of combustor lengths and specific flow rates of air, the frequency of these waves is independent of the combustor length, except for narrow regions where the number of waves (and, correspondingly, the flow regime) changes. The structures of transverse detonation waves in regular regimes are almost identical for all examined syngas compositions. It is shown that detonation can be initiated by a jet of combustion products. The minimum diameters of the detonation chamber for different flow rates of the mixture are estimated.
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Original Russian Text © F. A. Bykovskii, S. A. Zhdan, E. F. Vedernikov, and A. N. Samsonov.
Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 71–83, March–April, 2017.
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Bykovskii, F.A., Zhdan, S.A., Vedernikov, E.F. et al. Scaling factor in continuous spin detonation of syngas–air mixtures. Combust Explos Shock Waves 53, 187–198 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508217020095
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